Category Archives: Education

The “Science Fair” is dead! Long live the “Innovation Fair”!

Posted on October 13, 2012 by Tryggvi Thayer

The “Science Fair” is an age old institution, at least in US schools. Science Fairs can be a lot of fun and they have the potential to engage students while introducing them to research methods and the importance of science. … Continue reading →

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Strategic ambiguity in Finnish policy on technology in education

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Tryggvi Thayer

I teleported (or “jaunted” as Alfred Bester would have it) to Iceland yesterday morning to deliver a presentation at the University of Iceland’s yearly conference on educational research and development. In my presentation I described some of my research on … Continue reading →

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“Booksprints” – fast track to rigorous open educational resources

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Tryggvi Thayer

A group of Finnish mathematics researchers, teachers and students got together this past weekend (Sept. 28-30, 2012) to produce a mathematics textbook in three days. They’re not quite done, but at almost 130 pages so far, they’re pretty darn close! … Continue reading →

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Shhh… My environment is talking to me

Posted on September 30, 2012 by Tryggvi Thayer

One of the ways that I like to describe augmented reality (AR) technologies is with the somewhat metaphorical, “AR makes it possible for your environment to tell you about itself.” Well, I guess it’s not a metaphor anymore! Google has … Continue reading →

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Honey, I shrunk your reality!

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Tryggvi Thayer

Why is Apple’s map fiasco such a big deal? It’s only one app of the hundreds of thousands available for it’s mobile platform. And it’s not like it doesn’t work entirely, there are just some glitches – albeit some pretty … Continue reading →

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How do we get from foresight to policy? Identifying knowledge gaps.

Posted on September 2, 2012 by Tryggvi Thayer

I’ve allowed myself the dubious luxury of not strictly adhering to academic practice concerning references, since this is not strictly an academic forum. For those who are interested in references much of this is based on the excellent Handbook of … Continue reading →